Mademoiselle de Migieu as Diana

Maker Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685 - 1766)

Additional Title(s)

Portrait of a Lady as Diana
Madame Bonnier de la Mosson

Collections

European Painting Highlights

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Date1742

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions39 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (101 x 81 cm.)

SignedSigned in middle left of recto: Nattier px / 1742

InscribedSigned in middle left of recto: Nattier px / 1742

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green

Status

On view

Label TextA bow, quiver, and leopard skin transform the teenage daughter of the Marquis de Savigny-les-Beaune into Diana, the goddess of the hunt. Nattier specialized in these so-called “mythological portraits.” Although his somewhat generalized depictions of rosy-cheeked beauties led critics to accuse him of painting with makeup rather than paint, he was in great demand among ladies of the French court who wished to be depicted as goddesses, nymphs, and muses.

Object number78.20.13